Ongoing civil lawsuit accuses Carter County Commissioners of employment discrimination
The Daily Ardmoreite
An ongoing civil lawsuit filed early last year has brought discrimination and retaliation claims against the Board of Carter County Commissioners.
According to court documents, Neal Whitaker, a former employee under the commissioners, is claiming that he was subjected to discrimination based on his age and political association. If true, these allegations would constitute a violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.
The documents state that Whitaker was hired within District 2 in 2004 and later transferred to District 1 in 2012.
Whitaker alleges that throughout his employment he was subjected to discriminatory comments regarding his age, and cites many occasions on which Commissioner Joe David McReynolds allegedly made comments about needing younger employees in front of him.